Today the post is short, but very special. While I go spend the weekend in the south of Belgium with two girlfriends I don't see it's been almost four years, I leave you with my V.I.P.A. guest. A very sympathetic and extremely talented British girl. Dee doesn't have a blog, but she posts her pictures on Instagram as @deanne29.

Hi everybody! I'm Dee (@deanne29) on Instagram. I'm from the Uk and have been posting nail art onto Instagram for the past year and a half. I was very flattered when Giovanna asked me be a V.I.P.A and guest post on her blog. Today I have a polka dot mani for you that was inspired by a dress.

My base is two coats of OPI Alpine Snow. Then I added tiny polka dots with black acrylic paint. I find using black acrylic paint is best for polka dots as top coat does not smear the dots, it drives me mad when that happens after using black polish for polka dots.When that was fully dry I placed striping tape into triangle (ish) shapes and filled it in with China Glaze Highlight Of My Summer. I quickly removed the tape to get crisp lines, once that had dried I took a larger dotting tool and White polish and added polka dots on a diagonal so they didn't line up with the black dots.I hope you all love this mani as much as I do. I can't wait to try out different colour combinations.

Thank you again Giovanna for asking me to be a V.I.P.A and guest post in your blog. I hope you all have a great weekend.

Como cor de base escolhi o 331 Violet da Kiko, um dos esmaltes lilás mais lindo que eu tenho. Até tentei tirar uma foto dele "suzin", mas como tinha esmaltado à noite a foto ficou um cocô, por isso não inclui no post. Mas prometo que o usarei de novo e tirarei uma foto decente dele.As base colour I picked 331 Violet by Kiko, one of the prettiest lilac polishes I own. I even tried to take a picture of it before applying the glitter, but since I did my nails in the evening the picture was horrible, so I didn't include it in the post. But I promise I'll wear it again and take a decent picture.

The sun wasn't extremely strong, but I could capture its effect. I just found it quite annoying to apply, even with aqua base. The second coat dragged the first one and I needed three coats for full opacity. The good side of it is that it dries quickly.

segunda-feira, 25 de agosto de 2014

Bom dia gatíssimaaaaaas!Good morning prettieeeeees! O post de hoje está atrasado porque fomos visitar um Zoológico super legal na Holanda no sábado. Se vocês quiserem posto fotos depois. Por conta disso, ontem aproveitei para organizar algumas coisas em casa e fazer as unhas, por isso não tive tempo de escrever o post de hoje.O tema do The Lacquer Legion desse mês é #LLWeirdScience (ciência estranha) e foi um dos mais difíceis até agora. Penei para achar inspiração, algo original e estranho... não consegui. Por isso fiquei só com a ciência mesmo.Today's post is late because we went to a very nice Zoo in The Netherlands on Saturday. If you want I can post some pictures later on. because of that, yesterday I organised a few things at home and did my nails, so I didn't have time to write today's post.This month's prompt for The Lacquer Legion Challenge is #LLWeirdScience and it was one of the most difficult ones. It was very hard to find inspiration, something original and weird... I didn't get it. So I settled for just science.

Apesar do gradiente ter ficado tosco, eu gostei bastante dessa mani. E vocês, sabiam dos efeitos da meditação no cérebro?Eu meditava muito quando era criança, mas acabei deixando de lado conforme fui crescendo. Acho que essa é mais uma atividade da minha infância que deveria retomar. Voltar às minhas raízes naturais tem sido muito bom!Even if I failed on the gradient, I still like this mani. Did you know about the effects of meditation on the brain? I used to meditate a lot when I was a child, but I left it aside as I grew up. I think this is another activity from my childhood I should get back to. Retrieving my natural roots has been very good!

Espero que vocês tenham gostado.Super beijo e até quarta!I hope you like it.Big kiss and see you on Wednesday!

Já mostrei algumas carimbadas com os esmaltes da MDU e instiguei o desejo de muitas de vocês, eu sei. Mas infelizmente parece que teve um problema com a distribuidora e ela não está mais fazendo entregas internacionais. Ao menos não por enquanto. :-(I have already showed a few arts using those MDU polishes and I know I made a few of you want it as well.But unfortunately it seems the distributor had a problem and she's not shipping international anymore. At least not for now. :-(

No dedão, indicador e mindinho foram três camadas dele puro. A cobertura é boa, mas a cor fica mais fechada. No médio e no anelar passei apenas uma camada do Francesinha (Ellen Gold) para servir de base. No anelar passei uma camada do Ibiza e no médio passei duas, só para ver a diferença - que é gritante.On the thumb, index and pinky I applied three coats without undies. Coverage is good, but the colour gets darker. On the middle and ring finger I applied only one coat of white polish as a base. On the ring finger I left it with one coat of Ibiza and on the middle finger I applied tow, just to see the difference - which is huge.

Depois tirei tudo e esmaltei de novo sobre uma camada do branquinho querido. Para as gêmeas fiz a carimbada invertida usando as mesmas flores da plaquinha PUEEN SE04B que usei nessa mani aqui, mas queria uma coisa bem diferente mesmo, com bastante contraste. Por isso preenchi-as usando o Eletric Yellow (Maybelline), o Pacific Blue (Sally Hansen) e o Ibiza mesmo. Dessa vez coloquei os blings pretos nas outras unhas.Then I took it all off and painted everything again over one coat of Francesinha by Ellen Gold, one of the best white polishes I've ever tried. For the accent nails I made a stamping decal using the same flowers from PUEEN SE04B I used for this mani here, but I wanted something different, with a lot of contrast. So I filled them using Eletric Yellow (Maybelline), Pacific Blue (Sally Hansen) and Ibiza itself. This time I put black blings on the other nails.

Deixo aqui as poucas fotos que tirei do festival - o marido eu não mostro porque o blog é público e ele não gosta que as imagens dele sejam expostas assim, mas ele se divertiu tanto quanto eu - e uma música do Calvin Harris, para quem não conhece o estilo dele é EDM (Eletronic Dance Music). Foi o show de fechamento (para nós) e foi MARAVILHOSOOOOOOOO!I leave here the few pictures I took from the festival - I don't show you hubby because the blog is public and he doesn't like having his pictures exposed like that, but he had a blast too - and a song from Calvin Harris, for those who don't know him. It was the last concert (for us) and it was AWESOMEEEEEEE!

Não sei se vocês ficaram sabendo, mas a marca mudou a fórmula do PB e é lógico que eu tinha que desejá-lo logo quando sai do mercado né? Kkkk... Daí dei a sorte de arrematar dois (isso mesmo, dois) em um leilão do eBay. Confesso que nem me importei com o preço não, pois eu queria muitooooooo!I don't know if you heard (I'm sure most of you out the have), but SH changed its formula and of course, I had to want it exactly when they went out of stock right? Lol... But I was extremely lucky and won two (yes, two) in an auction on eBay. I have to admit I didn't even mind the price, because I really wanted it!

Lendo esse post aqui da Jen (The PolishAholic) vi que a nova versão é jelly com shimmer. Ela passou três camadas e ainda dá para ver a linha da unha. Ainda bem que consegui garantir os meus, pois não gostei nadinha de nada da versão nova!Reading this post here by Jen (The PolishAholic) I saw the new version is a jelly with shimmer. She applied three coats and you can still see the nail line. Fortunately I got mine, because I didn't like the new version, not at all!

segunda-feira, 18 de agosto de 2014

Bom dia gatíssimaaaaas! Good morning pretties! Hoje trago a vocês a última resenha (dessa leva) da Born Pretty e foi uma mani que adorei fazer.Essas foram as minhas segundas fotos com a câmera nova e acho que não ficaram tão boas quanto as primeiras. Talvez por causa do fundo branco. Preciso arrumar um fundo cinza e construir uma light box urgente!Today I bring you the last review (for this time) of Born Pretty products and it was a mani I really enjoyed doing.These are my second pictures with the new camera and I think they are not as good as the first ones. Maybe because of the white background. I really need to get a grey background and build a light box asap!

Como cor de base escolhi o White da Mavala, um branquinho muito delícia que encontrei outro dia. Foram duas camadas sobre base fosca. Só acho esses vidrinhos pequenos muito chatos de segurar para fotografar. A pose sempre fica estranha... rsrsrsrsrsAs base colour I chose White by Mavala, a very good white I found the other day. Two coats over a matte base coat. I just think these small bottles so annoying to hold for the pictures. The hand pose is always awkward...

Tentei pela primeira vez um gradiente misturado de forma aleatória usando: Lavendairy, Once In A Blue Mousse, Peaches <3 Cream, Parfait Day e Pastelchio da Lime Crime. Estava doida para tentar esse tipo de gradiente e finalmente consegui.I tried, for the first time, a random gradient using: Lavendairy, Once In A Blue Mousse, Peaches <3 Cream, Parfait Day and Pastelchio by Lime Crime. I was dying to try that kind of gradient and I finally made it.

Ainda acho que poderia ter ficado melhor, mas para primeira vez até que ficou bem legal. Passei o extra-brilho com óleo de argan da Ideal para suavizar o gradiente e fui colando as estrelinhas logo em seguida. Depois passei outra camada top coat e voilà. Amei essas estrelinhas coloridas. I still think it could've turned out better, but for a first attempt, I think it's quite nice. I topped it with this Brazilian top coat by Ideal to make the gradient smoother and placed the stars while still wet. Then I top coated again and voilà. I love those colourful stars.

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Super beijo e até quarta! :*Big kiss and see you on Wednesday! :*

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domingo, 17 de agosto de 2014

Bom dia gatíssimaaaaaas!Good morning pretties! Tudo bem com vocês? Por aqui tudo ótimo.Hoje trago a vocês mais um estilo de mani que eu amo: Navy Nails. A última vez que fiz uma mani náutica foi para o 'Todas Usam' do Troca-Troca de Esmaltes há quase 1 ano e achei que já estava na hora de fazer outra né? HehehehehehAproveitei essa mani para participar pela primeira vez do Nailstorming. É um desafio organizado pela francesa Emma, para conectar as amantes de nail art. Basta criar uma mani no tema escolhido e postar nos domingos usando a hashtag #nailstorming. How are you doing? I'm great.Today I bring you another kind of mani I love: Navy Nails. Last time I made navy nails was for the post 'We All Use It' from Troca-Troca de Esmaltes (a Brazilian NPA group on Facebook) almost a year ago and I thought it was time to make another one, right? HeheheheheI also took the opportunity to participate for the first time of the Nailstorming. It's a challenge organized by the French artist Emma, to connect us all NPAs. You just have to create a mani with the prompt chosen and share it on Sundays using the hashtag #nailstorming.

Dessa vez usei as fitinhas da cartela #005 que comprei na Pshiiit Boutique. Essas fitinhas são muito melhores do que as stripping tape porque elas têm mais cola e fixam melhor. Mas a esmaltação tem que estar bem seca para não arrancar o esmalte de base na hora de tirar a fitinha.This time I used the stickers from the sheet #005 I bought at the Pshiiit Boutique. These stickers are much better than the stripping tapes because they have more glue and they stick better. But the base coat has to be completely dry otherwise it gets pulled off when removing the stickers.

I'm sorry for being late with today's post, but it's another busy Saturday around here.

Well, while you read this post and drool on the gorgeous mani my guest prepared, I'm going to get ready for a music festival (Pukkelpop) that's happing here in Belgium. Today is the last day and we chose to go now because there will be Snoop Dogg (aka Snoop Lion... I don't know how many he smoked to think he's a lion... LMAO), Queens Of Stone Age and Calvin Harris. Which means it will be a long day and we'll only get home tomorrow morning! Uhuuuuuuuul!